COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2973, 16 January 1917, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHAKES. Yesterday's quotations lor investment shares were fts follow:— Buyers. Sellers. \ £ s. d. £ s, d. National Bank 5 0 0 — Dank X.Z. (£3 6s. 8d.)... 10 19 0 ~ •Equitable Building- 9 15 0 — +N.Z. and Itiver Plate... - 119 0 •Well. Invest. T. and A. 6 15 0 - Well. Ga.3 (£10) — 15 0 0 Well. Gas tpref.) 0 18 3 0 19 0 8. British Insurance ... 5 % 0 - Gear Meat (£4) 18 0 0 - v Gear Heat (£1) 4 10 0 - Union .Steam (ord.) ...... 2 16 — Well. Woollen (pref.) ... 3 14 0 - Taupiri Coal — . 012 6 Westiporfc Coal 17 0 — Wcstport-Stockton (ord.) 0 6 5 — Leyland-O'Brien 12 9 - Manning and Co — 18 0 *Cum. div. fEx div. WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES. Messrs. Laery and Co., Ltd., Allen Street, f report on wholesale prices as follow:— <1 Fowls' wheat, prime, 6s. Bd.; fowls' bar- v Icy, 45.; Capo' barley, 45.; maize feed. ss. e Si.; seed, 65.; chaff (oat sheaf), £6"; hay, I clover. £5 10s.; flour in sacks, £16 10s.; S oatmeal. 7'a £21, 25's £19; pollard, £7 55.; I bacon (all best factory), sides, lid.; rolls, (! Is.; hams. Is.; shoulders, 9id,; ehcese (fan- t tory). medium, 10d.; linseed meal. 100's £11 •' 10s., 50's £12, 20's £12 10s.; linseed nuts, C 12s. 6d.; whole linseed, 255.; onions, 10s. s 6d.; potatoes, white-skinned' table, 11s. I All poultry in very Rood demand. Hens, V light. 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d.; heavy table. 6s. l< 6d. to 7s. 6d.; cockerels, light, 4s. 6d. to t 55.; heavy, 6s. 6d. to Bs.; ducks, large, C Bs. to 95.; ducks (Indian runners), ss. 1' lo 65.; turkeys (gobblers). Is. 2d. to Is. 3d. s lb.; turkeys (hens), Is. lb.; butter (primo bulk), la. 2d.; eggs, Is. 6d. s Customs duties collected at tho port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £5246 r lie. Bd. G HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. The Department of Agriculture , , Industries, and Commerce has received tho following cablegram, dated London, Jauu- j, ary U, 1917, from tho High Commissioner for New Zealand. (Note—Quotations, uu- ij lees otherwise specified, are average market prices on spot):— n Meat.—All descriptions of frozen meat aro in active demand owing to short supplies. I'rices are higher for frozen meat not under Government control. New Zoa- n land mutton, j>er lb., Bjd.; ewe mutton, ' Bd.; Argentine mutton, heavy-weight, 82d.; j] lightweight, 9id.; New Zealand,lion, and Argentine lamb, 9jd.; New Zealand cow beef, hinds, Bd.; fores, 7d.; Argentine chilled b«ef, hinds IOJd., fores, Bid. Butter.—The market has a down-ward tendency. Prices are easier. Danish., per ' cwt., 218s. to 2205.; Australian, salted, 1965. to 2025.; -unsalted, 1959. to 2015.; New Zealand, the market has a weaker tone since lust report; salted, 2045. to 2065.; unsalted, 2085.; Dutch, 2045. to 208 a.; Argentine, salted. 1985.; uneelted. 200 a. to 2045.; Ameri- 3 can creamery, 1925. Cheese.—The market continues flijn. Canadian white and coloured, per cwt.,' 138s. to 1405.; English Cheddar. 1445. to 1465.; States fiats, 1365. to 1385.; New Zcaland (mutilated word here). Hemp.—The market is dull, and prices arc irregular. Quotations are nominal. Good fair New Zealand hemp, per ton, £60; fair, £58; Government graded fair Manila, £62; coarse, £59; January to March shipment, good fair New Zealand, £59; fair, .£57; Govnrnment graded fair Jfanila, £60; coarse, £58. Wheat—Tho offerings are very small. Can get no reliable information concerning the business done. Nominal value Australian afloat, 82s. Oats.—The market is quiet, with a general feeling of uneasineee on account of doubts concerninc; Gorernraeut action with regard to grain. New Zealand on snot, ss. WHEAT AND FLOUR. London, January 14. The wheat .and flour afloat - for the United Kingdom is 2,300,000 quarters; for the Continent, 3,145,000; Atlantio shipments 664,000; Pacific. 22.000., The total shipments to Europe during the week amounted to 1,360,000 quarters, including/ 80,000 quarters (estimated) from India, 193.000 from the Argentine, and 200,000 (estimated) from Australasia.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.